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Nick's avatar

> Spatially, the minimalist and glossy-modernist trends have the unfortunate habit of moving toward a void. Maximizing for space leads to a lack of spaces.

I think that's the spirit that drives it. A spirit influenced by gnosticism (even if it doesn't know it): the body and the material world is bad, the spirit is everything. So the best space, becomes no space: the virtual space of the internet, for example. Meta, indeed.

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A.J. Letts's avatar

Simon, your writing is profound and I am grateful to have stumbled upon it a while back. Best, AJ

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